New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-25
SUSTAINING THE VETO.
THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL KILLED.
ruprr HOURS OF STIRRING DEBATE IN THE hoOSh
THE VOTE 175 TO 125

inv TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEiBUSE1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-IhiS mas 0o'n
srp in the House. The Presidents ve'o OF inc
Tanonaent Pension bill has been sustained. IL was
alorious victory" and hearty and Joyful was tue
cheer tina, went up from the ex-Conedefa'es III 'no
House when they knew that It was won ihes nav
80, chandler to shoulder ali DAY. silent and de-
.ro;,ea while their "doughface" ailes,. leu ny
Rraag and Warner of Ohio, and such bat'lescaireu
- a as s,rinper had charged the Union lines, anu
hen the hour arrived tor the Conederates " W. The
they moved in solid. npfalteIing array 125-and
$500 Sy announced the result -lIo 10 IA ran
ygSaS Twothr rs not having voted In tne n IN his
tive the bill Is lost" there was toue 70 catch and
voice wn,cn t ,1 round OF applause which the ir,emos
OF the lost bin resented wi,h sSS The Affirmative
very large 800 10 IN sS Republicans and 80 Demo
crats OF the latter were from ;"o I'D % were from
Delaware Kentucky and hisoool' %p voted for the
Northern ,. Bliss Bynum j. +. Campbell Garle-
oi TIdr;dee Ford FIe:erick, Geddes, nae' nra
Hossrd, kieiner La watson Maybury, Merrman,
Mprphg Neece j. oNe Pin@aT RaPGS HngSs
Seneff' RaS5 J. b. Weaver, wilkins, Wotord ana
Worthin ton When Holman RESPONDED NJ I'm M" Mr.
was round OF applause when was Ta Latter if seems
ba not tor,otten that he carried musRe, IN ue ~
t the MON in the early days OF the kepelllon: me
hn,n 90 were from Northern States ~ from .he
Border States IA from the states wmch Io.vs rbo
Southern Coniederacy Inc Ss accession We're j. j.
Hdon,s Racon belmont, Felix Campbell: L. D. c1anP-
hell s Cox Muller Stahnecker ana were, o, ond
York BOYLE Storm, Curtin, SoWden q. W,onn
Scott Of pennsylvania; Bragg aud dndd Oh Wiseo oa
ain Cobb and Ward, OF Indiana COINS, o, ESn
chusetts; Comstock and flshe ; Gl Hail Of Iowa
Morrison and Springer. OF Illinois iiai 10 al
Hill Warner and Outhwaite OF ONO M a. Cnnne "
New-Jersey and Mitchell ana SeS to WIN VIC
ncu' -" shawn by the fact that 5. s. Cox, Pale anu
feeIe was persuaded to rise from DIS si.h The
to the Bouse TO ca. his yo,e ON January H. and
Democrats who ,oted for the oil on 2anu"S ere i \
Who cast ,heir votes against 1t 10 day %ero r Il o.
Adams Bacon, Boyle, Burnes' Co3oi " un,ni Hill
E,mentrout Fisher, G.. Ii. Gibson hai' na.cp, 81 hi
MoAdoo Morrison Cultivate, Scott, seymour; on"~
Sowden Springer Stahnecker' Niele L. d. r MaI" a,
! Warner Dougherty and Cay IN an. W. 60 ~
Shem vii retire to private lite one week from tomor
row unless the Administration shall reward ne o rd
The knowledge that the debate wo9,a Cpl great
&ha vote ba had to-day drew to the Oapi.o, go =:
sLuonr M snectaiors who showed intense in.eIoe' II.
the proceedings and waited patiently una unn
TO- fonnounced At noon every seat III the ga ~
was on~;ad and hundreds of people throngeo 'he
corridors and doorwiys, eager to eaten ginP1 oo %
the spectacle word OF aeoafe smY senators and
th nr;vie red persons found places on SOFAS ana ea
tra chairs The debate lasted more thah 'nieo noa1
ano was ',io and at times the debate ~axed hot ana
hitter General Bragss speech in supper. Oh nG
was more than bitter, passases s a;m.d Mon VET
brptal and were holly resented Dy ihaImcu n.y. or
o Uau, lie Henderson OF Iowa. and Brown, OF ONO
each of whom lost leg on the battiepeio, ucntIa
II, I'd
and Wanted his own proves during .ne wa" ii 't ~
Major Mckinley and Colonel HEPBURN To,r as thew
take advantage OF IT. Ihelr Spec and we're creeted
had 10 he aroused great enthusiasm anu WEI ~ 80
18th ronnd after round OF hearty applause. III was
noticeable that while the speeches OF pIas5 S1u
Warner of Ohio, in support OF the yelo, apo . ~
;ot;r,e and in such ISLANDERS on Union veterans as
rnght never to have been uttered by men VINO ohoJ
wore the blue, the arguments oi saJu, rted Inv
oJor and intelligence; they appealed to the reason
and patriotism OF the House The most uan" G,ma
lat a
Matson,. snee.b when pnrolled long petiilon III
favor of granting pension OF " M east % P PEI I'll
to every honora6ly DISCHARGED .hlou cover Clcye
found in the list OF sgnerS the name Oh "l1io y. &
land amended to note commencing u ooJecl " VIC
Detition This petition was signed by Governor 800
land 10 June 1884, few weeks before ne reo rh
the democratic nomination tor the Presidency me
yetn message said Colonel Matsonls largely uasu
oahe that is TOO sooa 40 a ah' tbs petition was
signed nearly three years ago Inc plonuI.o ~ "a
petition created profound sensation, anu ~, Iout
n the hill ,ho had been expecting II Sent up enpit
t,sr shout OF applause and nerisye laughter at The
sudden and complete discontinue OF the tresitsn'S
snnnorteys Another actit Is asserted 10 oe iac.-
ppnt mentioned in the debate Ii is that the an
who was Grover Cleveland's substitute IN the army
alter the latter was drafted M tr oD 10 an in
rrooress and men were needed AT the 'front.' 10 "n "
oete of n public institution of charity IN Ere county
The debate was opened by MAJOR Conger, OIL iowa
He thought that the report OF the Commit.ee 9 %i
1sld Pe1sons was a complete answer TO the Presi-
dents hyperbolic criticisms ON the measure. ne CON
mepted upon the President in vet9ng he
,,ond,na measure vet signing the Mexican Pension
Pun1usns n th he did not think that che patriotic
people ready to ndorse such an ae.on OF d
mend their chief ruler for taking it. No protest hau
come against the bill except from the southern oaes
and from the money centres Had it come to this that
Wall Street and the Solid South were so lnstrumenta
tn sactny Chief Executive that they could command
him 10 approve d which Injured 10 the oenen'
OF men who had d. io%Ss ro one for the
Of those whose suffcrings had saved the natoh anu
Mr. Saw YER of New-York, had no apology TO oner
for voting TO pass over the veto bill which met Win
the approval OF threeiourths OF che people oi INC
Mr. Warner of Missouri, said that the question pre-
sented was whether the House would stanh by inc
brave men OF SCI and 1868, and VINO were uePdn
snt.on their daily labor for support or by fresidh,
who refused to sign bill which would take tne o,9
soldiers out OF the amshouses The country shoG ~
blush to OF the least OF Hs ueicnuoi' 'A0 ~
mate of a county poorhouse. 1900. ..o hill and
Mr. OHara, OF North Carolina favored ine pili anu
criticised the ruling OF the Pension once denying aid
co colored women who had lost their soDs III the war
Mr. Bragg of Wisconsin, said that the tlhe nau
arrived the pension question should n e i've
more tnan casual consideration II was time 1or tae
,ncmhers or the House to get out from the roseats
bubble in which they lived in washington Prepareu
tor them BY o saeee ss of impulse
less of reason or Judgment, until the perlod was
reached which eliminated IN the @ ho aud
nassage of one of the scandaous oiiis wmch hau
ever been sent to President for his signature. In
few years the soldiers OF the country Ino' tne pun
mers would have ar aan "a a az FIGHT. not ask as
charity that provision be .nade tor them Ley no
Congress bankrupt the Treasury before tnat n a
arrived by Welding to the demands Of deserter coffee
coolers and bounty jumoers. 1t had been charged ina
he was not friend OF the soldier TO that ne rePneo
that no man who had served with his troops in the
field for tour years. who had follow ed the starry nag
in fifty or sixty pitched battles would iorget ,net
In Was tor that class of soldiers that he stood here 10
dayto defend them against the imputaton cast upon
them by the passage OF apauper pension oili ah n
men who advocated this bill were not the Trends o.
the true soldier They advocated this bilImany OF
them-whyi simply because the me men coud vote
NJ Henderson OF Iowa-For one. | pronounce that
false. Applause on Republican side and in the gal
leres. - .,;o,
all tbis action is based. II these whom they RAJ
paupers were to call upon them individually Tor ana
they would say to them: "You good ornothint